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GRAMMAR CHECK GRAMMAR CHECK

Past Simple: negatives and questions lmperative verbs
In Past Simple questions, most verbs take did + subject + infinitive without to. We use imperatives to give instructions or order someone to do something.
Oid the king arrive? What did the Ghost say? We make the affirmative imperative with the infinitive without to.
The verb be is different. With be we put the subject after the verb to make past questions. Go now, Horatio!
Was he a man - or was he a ghost? We make the negative imperative with don't + the infinitive without to.
In Past Simple negatives, most verbs take did not (or didn't) + infinitive without to. Don't do that, Hamlet!
The king did not arrive. Hamlet didn't /ove me, thought Ophelia. We also use imperatives to give an invitation or an offer. We often put 'please' before an
imperative verb, so the instruction, order, or offer is more polite or friendly.
3 Write Horatio's questions in the Past Simple. Match them with the correct answers 1-7. P/ease come and sit here. Please wait here. Please don't shout!
a What / the Ghost / say / to you? 4 Claudius is king and he gives a lot of orders in the story. Which can you remember?
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.�t. �,o th� .G:r,w-t. $0� .+Q.�cx-e . . �) . .i. .09D.'t. .',-V0Y1t. :to .t�I.\ �(X,f .-.-.,� •. Tick (v') the orders that are correct and correct the ones that are wrong.
b / you / give / Ophelia / those letters and gifts?
a Gertrude, marry me. . ....... V: .... .
b Polonius, don't help me . .P.9.19'0!\-<$, .. h.E;.lp. rv:-.f;,
e / you / love / Ophelia / before you heard the Ghost's story 7 e Ophelia, find a new boyfriend .
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d Hamlet, go to England . ............... .
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d be/ your father / in a garden when he died? e Quickl Hide the poisonl ......... .
f Hamlet, don't drink from the cup.
e / a snake / kili / your father 7 g Laertes, fight a duel with Hamlet. ........ .
h Laertes, don't kili Hamlet.
f be/ Claudius / in the garden when your father died 7
S Put the words in the correct order to make imperatives.
g / Claudius / murder your father 7
a here /come/ please / now. f sword / take / carefully. / this
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1 Yes, he did. .. Pl.�0.$�. GQl'."�. h�r.� . V'\.Qvl, ..
2 1 dGJn't want te tell 900 110w. b Hamlet / watch / carefully. g drink / this / cupl / don't / from
3 Yes, Claudius was there - 1 am sure.
4 Yes, he was. He liked to read and sleep e to/ go / England. h don't / wait / me./ for / please
there when he had time.
S Yes, 1 did. d two / stop / men. / these duel /stop/ now! / the
6 No, it didn't.
7 Yes, 1 did.1 loved her, 1 think. e my / don't / wife. /to/ talk

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